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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 12.67
ইহার মধ্যে মালী পাছে কোন শাখাগণ ।
না মানে চৈতন্য–মালী দুর্দৈব কারণ ॥ ৬৭ ॥
ihāra madhye mālī pāche kona śākhā-gaṇa
nā māne caitanya-mālī durdaiva kāraṇa
After the disappearance of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, some of the branches, for unfortunate reasons, deviated from His path.
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The deviation described here occurred after Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s disappearance.
Some of the branches deviated from His path. The translation does not say that all branches did so.
Their deviation occurred for unfortunate reasons. Those reasons are not specified here.
Loyalty and discernment. The narrative distinguishes fidelity to the ācārya from deviation.
The mood of Ādi 12 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
In his early life Gopāla fainted during the cleansing of the Guṇḍicā-mandira at Jagannātha Purī and thus became a recipient of the mercy of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. The story of Kamalākānta Viśvāsa concerns his borrowing three hundred rupees from Pratāparudra Mahārāja to clear a debt of Advaita Ācārya’s, for which Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu chastised him when He came to know of it.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 12
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What attention am I giving to remaining faithful to Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s path?
Pause today to consider whether one of your choices supports your commitment to Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s path.
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